₦airaland Forum

erekoshe:
I wouldn't stoop low to your level to trade insults with you, thanks and goodluck

kenonze:
We heard similar propaganda in El'zakayza of kaduna Shiitte yet nothing happened.

He will be release at this appointed time but for now, wailing wailers nothing for u

erekoshe:
It is said that let he who is without sin cast the first stone...pray you don't get detained for any offense and hidden from help

hazyfm1:


LEAVE THEM

Let the wailers wail on till 2023

BEING THE FULL TEXT OF EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE EKITI STATE GOVERNMENT ON THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016

Gentlemen of the Press,

Information reaching us indicates that one of the abducted members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Afolabi Akanni has died in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

It will be recalled that the honourable member has been unlawfully incarcerated in DSS custody since March 4, 2016. A court order directing his release since March 11, 2016 was ignored by the DSS.

Significantly, since his illegal detention, he has been held incommunicado without access to his family members, doctors and lawyers.

We call on the DSS to immediately clarify the situation as to the status (dead or alive) of Hon Afolabi Akanni, representing Efon Constituency by producing him physically for all Nigerians, particularly his immediate family to see.

While we are waiting for the DSS, we urge every resident of Ekiti State, particularly the people of his immediate Constituency in Efon to remain calm.

Thank you.
Hon. Lanre Ogunsuyi,
Commissioner for Information, Youths
and Sports Development.

yanjutomi:
OP sorry to say i guess u must b yoruba ...u ppl neva appreciate a down to heart person, u want ur leaders to b sophisticated, pass u by without sayin hello, always in ther convoy rolled up. In civilized country dis has no meaning.... an u will say u want democracy. u ar very funny..... His reign ur TV series.....apy veiwing

Ijaya123:
Same wishes for you dude.

Asiri1991:
If the one in Osun is the only waterfall in the west, no waterfall at all from what I saw.

sammhi:
Serves Fayose right..the man need to be silenced. Will Fayose if he were the President take the sort of harassment and insult he gives to PMB on a daily basis?
Fayose is a big hypocrite..doing to odas what he would not tolerate..

manutdadex:
Fb as source? Fayose carry go jare... Abeg follow ban those cattle brain herdsmen

manutdadex:
Fb as source? Fayose carry go jare... Abeg follow ban those cattle brain herdsmen

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested Ekiti lawmakers.

The arrest, it was gathered, was aimed at ascertaining their involvement in the alleged fraud that characterised the last governorship election in the state.

Those arrested were described as Fayose’s men because of their closeness to the governor.

A former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Dr. Temitope Aluko, had alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan gave Fayose $35m to prosecute the election.

Before that money was given, Aluko further alleged that the former President also gave Fayose another $2m to enable him win the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary.

Fayose was the candidate of the PDP during the election and it was alleged that he used the money to manipulate the security agencies which enabled them to move against governorship candidates of other political parties, including Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress.

The governor has repeatedly denied the allegation.

Since the allegation was made, the DSS was said to have been investigating those whose names were mentioned by Aluko.

Aluko was also the star witness for the governor while defending his mandate at the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.

Those whose arrest could be confirmed by our correspondent in Abuja on Saturday evening were a member of the State House of Assembly representing Efon Alaye Constituency, Mr. Afolabi Akani and another member of the Assembly, Mr. Musa Arogundade, who is representing Ado Ekiti Constituency 1.

Also in the DSS net is Mr. Ropo Ogunjobi, who was recently sacked by the governor as the Chairman of State Internal Revenue Board.

It was gathered that not less than 25 suspects would be invited by the operatives.

“More arrest would be made in the coming days,” a security source told our correspondent on condition of anonymity.

However, while investigating the involvement of the suspects in the Ekitigate, investigations by our correspondent further revealed that the DSS was said to have stumbled on other issues.

While some of the suspects, including those yet to be arrested, were said to be the “pointers for the strike team” during the election, the DSS was also said to be working on the business activities of some of them.

“We dug into their past, their business interests and others and what we found was quite revealing,” an operative told our correspondent.

Apart from that, it was gathered that the DSS was also investigating the educational qualifications of some of the suspects.

Our correspondent also gathered that one of the suspects was said to have been involved in the blocking of the road during an alleged plan to impeach the governor by 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the last dispensation.

A source said, “One of the suspects used trailers to block the Itawure-Ilesha Road and kept the keys, thereby preventing the free-flow of vehicles.

“He will tell us on whose orders he carried out the illegal action.

“He was also the one that was alleged to have led the team that assaulted Justice Ademola Adeyeye on the corridor of Ado Ekiti High Court sometimes ago. We won’t allow such to go away without investigation.”

Ogunjobi, who was said to be Fayose’s friend, was said to be undergoing investigation on the management of the state funds while he held sway at the revenue board.

Before his appointment, he was said to be an officer in the same board, but was said to have been a close ally to Fayose before the latter became the governor.

Meanwhile, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has declared four lawmakers missing after the men of the DSS invaded the state assembly on Friday.

The Speaker, Kola Oluwawole, while briefing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Saturday with other 12 lawmakers, claimed that more than 10 DSS men, who were armed to the teeth, invaded the Assembly complex, shooting sporadically into the air.



He said the action caused panic among members and staff of the assembly, who had to scamper for safety.

“At the end of the commotion created by this barbaric act, we discovered that four of our members could not be found.

“It was only this morning that we were able to establish that Afolabi Akanni, representing Efon Constituency, was abducted and taken to Abuja.

“The whereabouts of three other members is still unknown as we speak, and reasons for the invasion and abduction of our members are not known.”

It was also learnt that the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Toyin Ojo and Special Assistant on Works, Odunayo Arinka were also invited by the DSS.

tobimillar:
Eledumare is disappointed in me.. just type in igbo, yoruba or pidgin like I do... Engrish no be for everybody oo

StOla:
Apparently, you are the mumu here.

ThankGod for the education you have hereby received here.

jarkbauer:
kindly compare

Ekiti men wear inflammable rain boots to fight fire. Hahaha

phemy36:
My brother longest time, i know that of chike obi. Prof Olubummo & prof Ezeilo bag their professor same year i.e 1964. Obi is out of it, for clarification sake, i want to d ist among them. Mod do someting about this.